Speech & Debate

A heartfelt love letter from theater kids to theater kids.

The film's stage origins, and a cameo appearance by Lin-Manuel Miranda, may be of interest to theater buffs, but everyone else will be left wondering what all the fuss was about.

Once a darkly comic romp centered around outing a pedophile teacher, this adaptation has been shorn of its sharpest edges, leaving a largely unfocused, conventional teen dramedy in its place.

...Speech & Debate will probably not stand out among the best, although it is, at times, a fun ride anyway.